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Totter round ring, following daughter as guide (8)

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I believe the answer is:

dragoman

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'guide' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'totter round ring following daughter' is the wordplay.
'totter' becomes 'ragman' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'ring' becomes 'O' (letter resembling a ring).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'ragman' placed around 'o' is 'ragoman'.
'ragoman' put after 'd' is 'DRAGOMAN'.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for dragoman that I've seen before include "Eastern interpreter" , "Guide" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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